JANUARY 2 Today in classical music history

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1512 Birth of Spanish composer, choral director and vocalist Cristobal MORALES in Seville. d-Malaga, 14 JUN 1553.

1678 Opening of the Gaensemarkt Theater, Hamburg's first opera house.

1726 Death of Italian composer Domenico Zipoli in Córdoba, Argentina. b-Prato, 16 OCT 1688. Search Domenico Zipoli.

1732 Birth of Bohemian composer of church music and organist Franz Xaver BRIXI in Prague. d- 14 OCT 1771. aka Frantisek Xaver BRIXI. Search Frantisek Xaver BRIXI.

1747 Death of French composer, violinist and conductor Jean-Fery Rebel in Paris. b-Paris 18 APR 1666. Search  Jean-Fery Rebel.

1753 Death of Italian contralto Marie Maddalena Pieri. Born 1683 ? in Florence. Created Tamerlano in Tamerlano (Vivaldi) Sang in premiere of Carceriere de se Stesso (Orlandini) Bajazate (Leo) Artaserse (Hasse).

1780 (1 JAN?) Death of German composer Johann Ludwig Krebs, in Altenburg. b-Weimer, 1713. Search Johann Ludwig Krebs.

1825 Opening of the Munich Opera House.

1837 (Julian Calendar, 31 DEC) Birth of Russian composer Mili BALAKIREV in Nizhny-Novgorod. d-St. Petersburg, 29 MAY 1910. Search Mili BALAKIREV.

1843 FP of Wagner's Flying Dutchman opera, in Dresden. CD-Flying Dutchman-Complete Opera.

1856 Birth of Finnish soprano Alma Fohstrom in Helsinki, Finland. Died 20 Feb 1936, Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1878 Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Francesco Lamperti, Henriette Nissen-Salomon.

1888 ('89?) Birth of Italian tenor Tito Schipa in Lecce. Died 16 Dec 1965, Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910 Teachers:- Alceste Gerunda, Emilio Piccola Pupils :- Andrej Kucharsky, Cesare Valletti, Bruce Brewer Created Ruggero in Rondine (Puccini) Sang in premiere of Caminante (Sanchez De Fuentes). Search Tito Schipa. 

1884 Death of Italian soprano Marietta Gazzaniga in Voghera. Debut as Jane Seymour in Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 1840 Teachers:- Cetta, Alberto Mazzucato Created Climene in Cid (Pacini) Lina in Stiffelio (Verdi).

1890 Death of French tenor Julian Gayarre. Born 9 Jan 1844 in Valle de Roncal. Teachers:- Lamperti, Melchiorre Vidal Created Enzo in Gioconda (Ponchielli) Marcello di Bruges in Duca D'Alba (Donizetti).

1891 Death of French composer Alexis Roland-Manuel in Paris. b-Paris, 22 MAR 1891. Search Alexis Roland-Manuel.

1894 Birth of Polish American conductor Arthur RODZINSKI. 

1895 Birth of Czech mezzo-soprano Marie Hlouskova in Caslav. Died 29 June 1940, Debut Veruna in V Studni (Blodek) Teacher :- Egon Fuchs, M Nedbal Pupils :- Ruzena Horakova, Josef Valka.

1901 Birth of Swedish tenor Torsten Ralf in Malmo, Sweden. Died 27 April 1954 Debut as Cavaradossi 1924 Teachers:- Hertha Dehmlow, John Forsell, Hjaldis Ingebjart Created Apollo in Daphne (Strauss) Sang in premiere of Zauberinsel (Sutermeister). 

1904 Birth of American tenor James Melton in Moultrie, Ga. Died 24 April 1961, Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly 1938 Teachers:- Gaetano De Luca, Enrico Rosati, Michael Raucheisen. 

1904 Birth of Finnish soprano Lea Piltti. Died February 1982, Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes) 1926 Teachers:- Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi, Olga Eisner Pupils :- Seppo Juhani Ruohonen, Anita Valkki, Usko Viitanen. 

1905 Birth of British composer Michael TIPPETT in London. d-London, 9 JAN 1998. Search Michael TIPPETT | BOOK-The Music and Thought of Michael Tippett: Modern Times and Metaphysics.

1907 Birth of Austrian tenor Todor Mazaroff in Vienna. Died 13 Sep 1975, Debut as Messenger in Prince Igor (Borodin) 1935. 

1912 Birth of Italian bass Antonio Cassinelli in Noceto, Parma. Died 29 June 1993, Debut as Landgraf in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1937 Pupil :- Maria Chiara Sang in premiere of Assassinio nella Cattedrale (Pizzetti) Madame Bovary (Pannain) Burlesca (Veretti) Misteri Gloriosi (Cattozzo).

1912 Birth of Canadian composer Barbara PENTLAND in Winnipeg. d-5 FEB 2000. 

1913 Birth of American composer Gardner READ in Evanston, IL. Search Gardner READ.

1913 Birth of American organist and composer Robert Hall ELMORE. d-1985. Search Robert Hall ELMORE.

1915 Death of Austro-Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark, in Vienna. b-Keszthely, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 18 MAY 1830. Search Karl Goldmark.

1925 Birth of Russian mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova in Moscow. Debut 1954 Teachers:- Nadejda Malisheva, Leonid Savransky Pupils :- Kristine Zadovska, Sonia Aksenova. 

1928 Birth of Italian conductor Alberto ZEDDA.

1930 Death of Austrian soprano Therese Malten. Born 21 June 1855 in Intersburg. Died 2 Jan 1930 Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote in 1873 Teacher :- Gustav Engel, R Kale.

1936 FP of Morton Gould's Chorale and Fugue in Jazz. Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.

1944 Birth of Hungarian composer and conductor Peter EOTVOS. Search Peter EOTVOS.

1945 Birth of English clarinetist Janet HILTON. Search Janet HILTON.

1947 Death of Swedish soprano Ellen Gulbranson. Born 4 Mar 1863 in Stockholm. Debut as Aida in Aida (Verdi) 1889 Teachers:- Julius Gunther, Ellena Kenneth, Mathilde Marchesi, Blanche Marchesi Pupil :- Eida Norena. 

1950 Birth of  Japanese tenor Taro Ichiara in the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Teacher:- Luciano Pavarotti.

1951 Birth of German composer Volker BLUMENTHALER in Nuremburg. Search Volker BLUMENTHALER.

1954 Birth of American composer Bill MOLENHOF. Search Bill MOLENHOF.

1954 Birth of American composer John LINK.

1955 American debut of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Washington, D.C. Search Glenn Gould. 

1958 Birth of Russian pianist Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV. Search Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV.

1959 FP of Mili Balakirev's Overture on Russian Songs in Moscow.

1960 Death of mezzo-soprano Leila Megane. Born 1890,  Died 2 Jan 1960, Teacher :- Jean de Reszke.

1963 Birth of American pianist Tzimon BARTO. Management Biography. Search Amazon.com for Tzimon BARTO

1993 Death of American violinist, conductor, and composer Karl Ahrendt in Athens, OH. b-Toledo, OH 3 MAR 1904. Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens, 1950-1967. Search Karl Ahrendt .

1997 Death of Italian bass Federico Davia. Born 7 July 1933 in Genoa. Debut as Colline in Boheme (Puccini) 1959 Teachers:- Piero Magenta, Tristano Illersberg Sang in premiere of Al Gran sole carico d'amore (Nono) Orfeo A.D MCMXLVII (Ramous) Alfabeto A Sopresa (Mortari).

1999 Death of Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann in Paris. b-Zürich, 14 SEP 1910. Timeline | Search Rolf Liebermann.

2000 FP of Bright Sheng's Naking, Naking in Hamburg. North German Radio Symphony, under Christoph Eschenbach. Also...

2000 FP of Christopher Rouse's Concert de Guadi for guitar and orchestra, guitarist Sharon Isbin.